{"id":633220,"date":"2026-10-01T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/633220\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T14:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:02:10","slug":"iphone-18-pro-sales-jump-in-china-ahead-of-iphone-duo-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/633220\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 18 Pro Sales Jump in China Ahead of iPhone Duo Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/iphone-18-pro-and-iphone-18-pro-max.jpg\"   alt=\"iphone 18 pro and iphone 18 pro max\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" class=\"brief\"\/>Sales of iPhone 18 Pro models in China were 12% higher in the three days after launching than sales of iPhone 17 Pro models were during their entire first week last year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/counterpointresearch.com\/en\/insights\/iphone-18-pro-series-sales-up-12-percent-yoy-in-launch-week-in-china-as-apple-takes-hashtag-1-spot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Counterpoint Research<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The strong start helped Apple claim the top spot in the country&#8217;s smartphone market for the week of September 14 to 20, handing it a 33% share. But the news could get even better for Apple&#8217;s China market prospects this month: The iPhone Duo goes on sale October 23, and Chinese consumers have a much stronger appetite for foldable devices compared to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Popular Stories<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/09\/apple-announces-foldable-iphone-duo\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Announces Foldable &#8216;iPhone Duo&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple today announced the &#8220;iPhone Duo,&#8221; a new kind of iPhone featuring two screens and a foldable inner display.&#13;The two halves of the iPhone Duo connect into a single continuous frame with the same aspect ratio across both displays, and Apple said the transition between open and closed is designed to feel fluid. When fully open, Apple says it is the thinnest iPhone ever made, with an&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/09\/apple-event-live-blog-september-2026\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Event Live Blog: iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro, and More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s &#8220;Surprise and Shine&#8221; event kicks off today at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, where we&#8217;re expecting to see the foldable iPhone Duo, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 models, new AirPods 5 earphones, and perhaps some other announcements.&#13;Apple is providing a live video stream on its website, on YouTube, and in the company&#8217;s TV app across various platforms. We&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/09\/03\/iphone-18-pro-prices-apple-event-next-week\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 18 Pro Prices Estimated Ahead of September 9 Apple Event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Less than a week before Apple debuts new iPhone 18 Pro models, research firm TrendForce estimated the prices of the devices based on the latest hardware cost environment.&#13;TrendForce&#8217;s price estimates compared to last year&#8217;s models look like this:&#13;&#13;  &#13;    Model&#13;    Starting Price&#13;    Model&#13;    Starting Price&#13;    Change&#13;  &#13;  &#13;    iPhone 17 Pro&#13;    $1,099&#13;    iPhone 18 Pro&#13;    $1,24&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sales of iPhone 18 Pro models in China were 12% higher in the three days after launching than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1657,89820,85,35855,277410,46,321,125],"class_list":["post-633220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-china","tag-counterpoint","tag-il","tag-iphone-18-pro","tag-iphone-duo","tag-israel","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}